Political travel constraint: The role of Chinese popular nationalism

Abstract

This study extends the leisure constraint model by examining the role that popular nationalism has in Chinese outbound travel. Using a case study approach based on the 2012 Diaoyu/Senkaku Island Incident between China and Japan, the study demonstrates how Chinese popular nationalism has the potential to shape the geopolitical environment of all outbound Chinese tourism. The study proposes a new model that can be used to illustrate how popular nationalism may affect bilateral tourism in other settings. Findings of this study offer important insights for both scholars and practitioners contributing to the understanding of the impact of Chinese popular nationalism on bilateral tourism flows. ARTICLE HISTORY

Smart hospitality—Interconnectivity and interoperability towards an ecosystem

“…Any political issues or implementation of new government policy can immediately affect the tourism business environment or tourists' travel intention. Tourist numbers may dramatically decrease or increase accordingly therefore hotel managers need to review and revise their marketing strategies dynamically upon different political conflicts (Alvarez & Campo, 2014;Cheng, Wong, & Prideaux, 2016).…”

Resident perceptions of tourism: The role of social distance

“…Recent research has also begun to focus specifically on the Chinese tourist market in Japan, with research predominantly drawing attention to the Chinese tourist experience. For example, Cheng, Wong, and Prideaux () explored the impact of Chinese popular nationalism (as a form of political travel constraint) on Chinese tourists' attitudes and travel intentions towards Japan, and Ji, Li, and Hsu () focused on Chinese tourists emotional experiences when traveling in Japan, exploring the role that historical political instability and differences play in the emotional experience. Kim, Prideaux, and Timothy () focus on the bilateral tourism flows between Japan and China and stress the effects that history, nationalism, occupation, sociocultural factors, and geopolitical factors have on the flow of tourists between these two countries.…”

“…Recent research has also begun to focus specifically on the Chinese tourist market in Japan, with research predominantly drawing attention to the Chinese tourist experience. For example, Cheng, Wong, and Prideaux (2017) Finally, academics have begun to investigate Japanese resident attitudes towards tourism and tourism development in Japan. Recent research has included an investigation into resident empowerment in tourism development and decision-making in Japan, including resident empowerment amongst Japanese in a Brazilian community (Boley, Maruyama, & Woosnam, 2015) and between a dominant ethic group (Japanese) and a minority ethnic group (Brazilian) in Oizumi .…”

Entropy Method for Decision-Making: Uncertainty Cycles in Tourism Demand

“…Agents applying the Adaptive Markets Hypothesis make their decisions based on past experiences and expectations. Tourist offers and socioeconomic situations influence decisions; agents can decide based on tourism demand factors such as seasonality or weather [20], social-psychological factors [21], a combination of factors [22] and travel decisions at a microeconomic level [23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34]. Referring to the literature on accommodation in tourist apartments, researchers have focused on other factors influencing customer decisions, such as images on web pages [35], externalities created by the market and geolocation offers [36] or quality-price [37].…”